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Prepare from your calendar with your AI Executive Assistant Employee

Your AI Executive Assistant Employee dispatches a Syntic Browser Agent that reads your calendar, pulls context from email threads, flags meetings that need prep, and books rooms for the ones missing them. Run it every evening and start each day knowing what's coming.

  • Workforce role AI Executive Assistant Employee
  • Vertical Personal / Professional
  • Agent Syntic Browser Agent
  • Capabilities Browser automation, scheduled runs
  • Share Copy link

The request

Your AI Executive Assistant Employee dispatches a Syntic Browser Agent that interacts directly with web pages — reading content, clicking, typing, navigating sites. For calendar prep, the Agent opens Google Calendar, checks each meeting's attendee list, switches to Gmail to search for relevant threads with those people, and books conference rooms.

Tell the Executive Assistant what to look for. It dispatches the Agent to handle the cross-referencing between calendar and email, surface what needs your attention, and fix the gaps.

"Look at my calendar and help me get ready for tomorrow."

For each meeting:

  • Tell me if it's internal or external (check attendee domains)
  • Find any recent email threads with those attendees about this topic
  • Flag if the meeting is missing a room (in-person) or video link (remote). If it is, assign one.
  • For external meetings, note anything I should review beforehand — relevant docs attached to the meeting or related emails.

"Ship a quick prep summary for the day, finding what needs my attention before I show up."

How the Assistant briefs the Agent

The Syntic Browser Agent reads your calendar and email directly. It cross-references attendees, threads, and meeting details to build context.

What the Agent needs

Required:Open Google Calendar showing tomorrow's date and Gmail in another tab. The Agent navigates between them. Make sure you're logged into both.

No files needed.

What ships back to chat

The Browser Agent reviews each meeting and ships a prep summary organized by what needs attention.

Tomorrow: Wednesday, December 18

You have 6 meetings. Here's what I found:

Needs Prep (External Meetings)

MeetingTimeContextAcme Corp quarterly review10:00 AMExternal (3 attendees from @acme.com). Found email thread from Dec 12 where they asked about API rate limits — might come up. No room booked.Vendor intro - DataFlow2:00 PMExternal (new contact). They sent a capabilities deck on Dec 15 you haven't opened. Zoom link is in the invite.

Missing Logistics

MeetingIssueSuggested FixAcme Corp quarterly reviewNo roomBook Sequoia (seats 6) — availableTeam planning syncNo roomBook Birch (seats 8) — availableDesign reviewNo video linkFound Meet link in thread with Sarah — add to invite?

Ready to Go (No Action Needed)

  • Standup— 9:00 AM, has Zoom link, recurring
  • Marcus 1:1— 11:30 AM, internal, has room (Aspen)
  • End of day sync— 4:30 PM, internal, has Meet link

Quick Prep Summary

  1. Review the API rate limits thread before Acme call (I can pull the key points if helpful)
  2. Open the DataFlow deck before the 2pm — 12 slides
  3. Book rooms for Acme and Team planning
  4. Add Meet link to Design review

"Want me to book those rooms and add the video link now?"

Follow-up dispatches

Keep the loop going — the Assistant dispatches the Agent again as the day fills in.

Fix the logistics

The Agent can book rooms and add links directly to calendar events. Once you've reviewed what needs fixing, approve.

"Book those rooms and add the Meet link. Use a room on the 6th floor if available — that's where I sit."

Get deeper prep for the external meeting

For important calls, dispatch a Summary Agent to compress recent correspondence with those contacts. Surfaces what's been discussed and what might come up.

"For the Acme meeting, summarize the last few email threads I've had with them. I want to know what's been discussed recently and what they might bring up."

Make this a nightly routine

Schedule the Browser Agent to run every evening so you start each morning with prep done.

"Save this as a shortcut I run every evening at 6pm. Call it 'Prep tomorrow' and have it review my calendar, flag external meetings, and check for missing rooms or links."

Tips for the workforce loop

Save and automate as a shortcut

Save the prompt as a shortcut by clicking the shortcut icon below a successful prompt. Schedule when the workflow runs next, or trigger manually by typing "/" and selecting the shortcut.

Site permissions for new tools

The Browser Agent asks for permission before visiting new sites. Grant site-level permissions for trusted websites to skip repeated approvals on those domains.

Approval gates before destructive actions

Before clicking "send," "publish," "post," "submit," or similar action buttons, the Agent pauses for approval. Includes sending emails, posting to social, submitting forms, or messaging others on your behalf.

Onboard your AI Executive Assistant

Hire an AI Executive Assistant Employee inside Syntic, install the Syntic browser sidecar, and watch the Agent scan tomorrow's meetings, find what you need to know, and fix what's missing — prep done before tomorrow arrives.

Run this play yourself

Spin up Syntic free and bring your context. Most teams ship their first dispatch in under an hour.